WEBVTT
NORTH UNION
TOWNSHIP, FAYETTE COUNTY.
REPORTER: WITNESSES SAID A MAN
DRIVING A WHITE DODGE RAM PICKUP
TRUCK HIT A BICYCLIST.
STATE POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED
THAT BICYCLI AS 47-YEAR-OLD
GARY LIEU ELLEN AND THEY SAID HE
WAS RIDING HIS BIKE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY, WHICH HE
WAS ENTITLED TO DO AS A
BICYCLIST IN THE LANE.
>> THAT AREA IS RELATIVELY FLAT
SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS JUST A
DISTRACTED DRIVING TYPE OF
THING.
I MADE CERTAIN TO INDICATE
WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS -- THE
BICYCLIST WOULD BE ON THE
SHOULDER, WAS HE ON THE MIDDLE
OF THE ROAD AND THEY SAID HE WAS
DEAF HIT LEE IN THE ROAD DRIVING
ON THE ROADWAY WHICH HE'S
ENTITLED TO DO AS LONG AS HE'S
DOING SO LEGALLY.
BUT I'M IN THE SURE WHAT THE
REASONING WAS FOR HIM NOT SEEING
HIM.
REPORTER: THE DRIVER WAS
IDENTIFIED AS 22-YEAR-OLD ROMAN
HERRON OF THE GREENSBURG AREA.
THOSE WITNESSES WERE ABLE TO
PROVIDE POLICE WITH A VEHICLE
DESCRIPTION AND LICENSE PLATE
NUMBER AND THAT ALLOWED TROOPERS
TO PULL HERRON OVER ON ROUTE 119
NEAR THE EVERSON EXIT.
YOU CAN SEE THE VIDEO OF HIS
TRUCK HERE.
IT HAD FRONT END DAMAGE.
THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS
PRONOUNCED DEAD.
TROOPERS WILL HAVE TO MEET WITH
THE D.A. TO DETERMINE EXACTLY
WHAT CHARGES HERRON WILL FACE.
STATE POLICE SAY HE WILL AT
LEAST BE CHARGED OF FLEEING THE
SCENE OF THE CRASH.